September 29, 2011, 9:37AM

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Director Leonard Slatkin is looking to add a fight song to his set list -- maybe even in time for tonight's free concert at the Somerset Collection in Troy -- as the Detroit Tigers prepare to launch a playoff run in New York. Full story »

January 14, 2010, 1:52PM

Leonard Slatkin is back at the conductor's podium with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra after suffering a heart attack in early November. The DSO is performing Beethoven's "Eroica" this Thursday through Sunday at the Orchestra Hall. The orchestra recorded a budget deficit this year of a whopping $3.7 million, thanks to a decline in corporate gifts and a drop in... Full story »

November 03, 2009, 5:47PM

DETROIT -- The music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has been hospitalized after experiencing chest discomfort while conducting a concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in the Netherlands. A statement released Tuesday by the DSO says Leonard Slatkin was taken to a hospital Sunday with heart problems and coronary procedures were performed. The 65-year-old Slatkin was to remain in... Full story »